sneakers

NOUN

running shoe

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cleat footwear shoe tennis shoe

STRONG

footgear sneak

WEAK

basketball shoe gym shoe hightop rubber-soled shoe

Example Sentences

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If SGA’s interviews were edgier, if his game were a little more noisy, if his sneakers were more au courant than good ol’ Converse…it might be different.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Wheeler dipped into Willy Chavarria’s Adidas collab with both her shorts and a pair of black sneakers with a metal-tooled toe in a floral pattern that the designer named after the Compton Cowboys.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Its walls are lined with shelves of sneakers and basketball shoes - markets that Anta needs to win in the US to compete with Nike or Adidas.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026

Then last week, Allbirds announced that it would shift from making sneakers to focusing on AI.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026

I’m walking back to the locker room to change when a short kid with hair gelled up into toothbrush-like bristles and neon-blue sneakers joins me.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko